Oakford & Fahnestock v. Hill

On January 18, 1906, A. E. Miller was operating a retail grocery and meat market in Averyville and had been so engaged for years. He was indebted to Oak-ford & Fahnestock and to many others. He had given Oakford & Fahnestock a chattel mortgage on his stock of goods and fixtures. That afternoon an agent of Oakford & Fahnestock came there and held conferences with Miller, and it is claimed that he took possession of the stock of goods under the chattel mortgage. Afterwards there were negotiations about a sale of the property outright to Oakford & Fahnestock. Miller' assigned to that corporation…